Master Automotive Technician Certification
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
The Automotive
Technology program is planned so that students will be able to
complete the Master Automotive Technician Certificate in
approximately 12 to 15 months. The certificate enables students to
enter the transportation industry as an automotive technician. Men
and women who are changing jobs or careers, students who want to
explore the possibility of a technician career or simply know more
about vehicles may enter the program each term.
Included in the Master Automotive Technician
Certificate are eight distinct award areas, short-term
"mini-certificates," that will prepare students for a specific job
within the transportation industry.
- Basic Automotive Skills
- Undercar Technician
- Automotive Drive Train Technician
- Automotive Engine Technician
- Automotive Electrical Technician (basic)
- Automotive Electrical Technician
(advanced)
- Automotive Air Conditioning & Heating
Technician
- Automotive Engine Performance Technician
Entry into the program at the beginning of each term is possible
by meeting course prerequisites or receiving the instructor's
permission. The automotive technology program is certified by the
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation Inc. (NATEF).
The program in automotive is approved for veterans' training. Call
instructors for details. Occupational supplementary courses with
college credit may be offered in the evening. These classes are
designed to meet community needs and will vary from one term to the
next. Students are expected to supply their own hand tools. A list
is available from program instructors. The College provides any
needed specialized tools and equipment for use in courses.
MASTER AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE
Classes include:
Automotive basic skills 9
AUT 102 Automotive Electric I 4
AUT 103 Automotive Electric II 2
AUT 104 Automotive Electric III 2
AUT 105 Diesel Performance I 2
AUT 111 Computerized Engine Controls 5
AUT 201 Automotive Engines 4
AUT 202 Manual Drive Trains I 3
AUT 203 Manual Drive Trains II 3
AUT 204 Steering and Suspension 3
AUT 205 Engine Performance I 2
AUT 206 Engine Performance II 2
AUT 208 Automotive Brakes 3
AUT 216 Co-op Work Experience-Automotive 8
AUT 251 Automatic Transmissions I 3
AUT 252 Automatic Transmissions II 1
AUT 253 Automotive Air Conditioning 3
BA 285 Business Human Relations 3
or PSY 207 Applied Psychology
or SP 218 Interpersonal Communication
MTH 60 Algebra I 4
or MTH 85 Technical Math I
WR 60 Rhetoric and Critical Thinking I 4